#COVID19-How local and regional authorities respond to the crisis: Cooperation is central

The impact of the pandemic made borders in Europe visible again, sometimes even within the same country. But interesting examples from the Interreg Central Europe Programme show that transnational cooperation is central for regions and cities to become more resilient and to find common solutions that can benefit citizens all over central Europe, especially when facing an imminent crisis like the pandemic.

To address today’s policy development, territorial diversity and cohesion challenges, the ESPON programme provides a number of tools with valuable information and data for countries, regions, cities, and citizens.

Geography of COVID-19 outbreak and first policy answers in European regions and cities

The ESPON EGTC is launching a call for expression of interest to establish a list of economic operators interested to develop a short term research on the territorial dimension of the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and regional policies in Europe during the first months of the outbreak.